PHILIPPINE POLITICAL HISTORY

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PHILIPPINE POLITICAL HISTORYPRE-HISTORIC PHILIPPINESIn Philippine history, the year 1521 marks the arrival of the first colonial power, and the beginning of what is often called the Spanish period. This period is thus described as the pre-colonial era or the pre-Spanish era.The discovery of the oldest surviving written account in the Philippines, an event which occurred in about the year 900 AD, divides this pre-Spanish era into two separate periods which are covered in separate :• the period of prehistory ending in 900 AD, followed by• the pre-Spanish historical period ending in 1521.

* The Rajah (Datu or Sultan) is their supreme leader executes the Legislative , Executive, Judicial & Military Power .

* Power only limited within their territory.An autocracy is a system of government in which a supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control American Occupation & Commonwealth of the Philippines

Political Leaders : American Governor General / President of the Commonwealth

In 1902-1945 a modernizing democracy was established .In 1946 when the American Government Granted Our Independence The Filipino Modernizing Democracy has became stronger and more viable until 1972.

1965-1986 MARCOS ERAWhat are the Prospects of the Philippines in the year 2000?1st scenario: Year 2000 is a modern democracy, the Philippines will be indutrialized, foreign trade will be greatly expanded ,social services will be very extensive and people will actively participate to the political process.2nd scenario: the Philippines will established a modern authoritarian polity, with continuation of martial law and authoritarian politics and industrialization of the nation.3rd scenario: a more grim future of the Philippines. it presents a revolution taking place in the country, wrecking the economy, disrupting the society and the polity and eventually building ruins a modernizing totallitarian polity, with communism and socialism as its ideology. The revolution is believed to arise from ideological conflicts, alienation of the People, Polarization between the rich and the Poor. 1986 MARCOS was OUSTED By PEOPLE POWER and REGAIN DEMOCRACY1992-1998 RAMOS REGIMEFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos USMA '50, AFP, PLH, GCMG (born March 18, 1928), popularly known as FVR, was the twelfth President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.year 2000Estrada AdministrationFailure in the EconomyRaged war against MILFlose the trust of Foreign investorsControversies like Corruption charges and juetengthe people revolted against Estrada w/c resulted to EDSA 2Arroyo AdministrationPRESENT ADMINISTRATION